Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Xu Damao nodded, a thoughtful look on his long face. He sighed deeply and said, "Well, I agree with that. Being an apprentice is really hard. I was cutting pieces all day long. Sometimes my arms were so sore that I couldn't stand it. I had to cut more than 80 kilograms of potatoes and 50 kilograms of cabbage every day. Oh, it's scary to think about it now."

He Yuzhu curled his lips and said, "What's that? When I was an apprentice, I suffered much more than you. I was only nine years old at that time, and my father built a stove taller than me in the storage room next to our house. He put sand in the pot and let me practice all the time. Oh, when I think back to my childhood, it was so hard. I couldn't even sleep at night. No reason? Oh, it was because my arms were so sore that I couldn't stand it. If I didn't practice well, my father would beat me with a rattan stick. If my father hadn't strictly supervised me, I wouldn't have the position I have now."

He Yuzhu looked at Yan Fugui and said, "How is it, Third Uncle. Although I am doing OK now, I have suffered more than anyone else. Do you have the heart to let your son suffer? Is your son willing to suffer so much? Judging from the ages of your three sons, only the second and third can still learn. After all, the eldest son in your family is already established, and even if he becomes my apprentice, he can only learn the basics."

Xu Damao lit a cigarette and gave it to He Yuzhu and Yan Fugui. He Yuzhu shook his head, returned the cigarette to Xu Damao, and said, "Brother, I have quit smoking since last month. This thing is not good for the body, and the monthly cost is very high. It is better to save the money for buying cigarettes for him, and then go out to eat some shabu-shabu or hot pot, wouldn't that be delicious?"

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Hey, boy. This cigarette belongs to you, Third Uncle." Yan Fugui took the cigarette with a smile, put it on his ear and said, "Then I won't be polite. This is a good cigarette. In fact, I don't think it matters whether you quit smoking or not. We men are under a lot of pressure. How can we live without smoking?"

Yan Fugui sighed. He also felt that He Yuzhu's questions were reasonable. He also knew something about the apprenticeship of chefs. He nodded speechlessly and said, "I won't hide it from you two. My three sons are the kind of people who are good at everything they eat and not good at anything they do. Hey, I'm really worried now. Seeing the three boys growing up, what should I do in the future?"

Xu Damao smiled and picked up the wine glass and said, "There must be a way to get to the mountain. Come on, have a drink." Yan Fugui also nodded, picked up the wine glass on the table, and drank it all. The burning pain made Yan Fugui feel particularly excited. He exhaled, grinned and said, "Good wine, really damn good wine. Xu Damao, you kid, you didn't get your father's collection for him, did you? Your father won't peel off your skin? I can taste that this wine is very old."

Xu Damao smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Drink your wine, my father doesn't care about one or two bottles of wine. This wine was specially left by him, so he asked me to drink it sparingly. In our courtyard, only the three of us have a good relationship. Today happens to be a festival, so we have to drink a bottle of wine."

Yan Fugui nodded with a smile, thought for a moment and said, "Hey, Damao. Did your father and his wife really move out?" Xu Damao nodded and said, "Yes, half a month ago, my father found a job in the South City Cinema. The cinema also allocated a house to my father, so the two rooms here are left for me to get married and have children in the future."

There was a trace of envy in Yan Fugui's eyes, and he felt ashamed that he did not have the ability of Xu Lide. It was a bit unfair to let his wife and children suffer with him. Yan Fugui sighed and drank a glass by himself. Not long after, the three heard the sound of Liu Haizhong beating the child.

"Ah, ah, please stop beating me, Dad. How did we offend you?" Liu Guangtian shouted hysterically. But what he got in return was still the sound of Liu Haizhong's belt and the insults from the second aunt next to him. He Yuzhu smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, you say, Liu Haizhong often beats and scolds his second and third sons. Isn't he afraid that they will rebel when they grow up?"

Xu Damao looked down on the two brothers, and said with a wry smile, "How dare they be so brave? When they see Liu Haizhong, they are like mice seeing a cat, and they will never escape from Liu Haizhong's palm." Yan Fugui thought about it, shook his head and said, "Well, they are my sons after all. I must treat them equally, otherwise there will definitely be problems."

Seeing Yan Fugui speaking seriously, He Yuzhu curled his lips helplessly. He felt that Yan Fugui was a little better than Liu Haizhong, but the eldest brother didn't say the second brother. You, Yan Fugui, will not have a good ending in the future, but he would definitely not say this in front of Yan Fugui. He raised the wine glass with a smile and said, "Come on, let's have a good drink together, brothers."

Inside the second uncle Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Haizhong's fat face was full of ferocity. He was wielding the belt with great power, gritting his teeth and pointing at his two sons and cursing, "Damn it, I'll beat you two shameless beasts to death. How dare you steal your father's eggs? Do you think you can eat them?"

Liu Guangtian cursed with a dark face, "Dad, today is New Year's Day. Other families drink and eat meat, can't we brothers even eat some eggs?" Liu Haizhong spat on his son's face and cursed with a dark face, "I will beat you two shameless things to death. You two can eat if you want. You earn money for the family? You don't earn a penny, and you still want to eat and drink for free. I will beat you two to death for getting something for nothing, so that you will know how powerful I am."

The crackling sound made Liu Haizhong feel particularly excited. The belt was swung vigorously, and the second aunt beside him also added fuel to the fire. The second aunt said indignantly, "That's right, you two little beasts still want to eat eggs. It's already very good for the family to give you steamed buns to eat. These eggs are for your father to eat. If you don't earn a penny for the family, how can you eat and drink well?"